Daniel Diehl Solid in Helping NC State Finish Sweep of Georgia at Swimpalooza
Daniel Diehl turned in a solid day with a win in the 200 IM as NC State finished off a sweep of Georgia on Day 2 of its Swimapalooza Saturday.
NC State’s men’s team claimed a 232.5-134.5 decision over the Bulldogs at Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The NC State women rolled, 218-152.
Diehl started the Saturday session by going 1:41.15 to finish second to Georgia’s Ruard van Renen in the 200 backstroke. He then won the 200 individual medley in 1:43.85, a winning margin of 2.01 seconds over teammate Simon Bermudez.
In the next event, Diehl anchored the men’s 800 free relay to a winning time of 6:19.81, joining Kaii Winkler, Jerry Fox and Sam Hoover. Diehl anchored in 1:34.82, a touch slower than Hoover’s 1:34.69. Diehl had finished third in Friday’s 200 free in 1:33.74.
Hoover won the 200 breast in 1:57.34. Owen Lloyd led the way at 8:47.51 in the 1,000 free, less than a half second up on teammate Lance Norris. NC State’s B team of Luke Miller, Drew Salls, Quintin McCarty and Wells Walker won the 400 free relay in 2:52.31 after the A squad (Hudson Williams, Winkler, Hoover, Fox) was DQed for Winkler’s early takeoff, wiping out a time around 2:50-point.
In addition to van Renen, Drew Hitchcock won the 200 fly in 1:45.48 for Georgia. The Bulldogs won both diving events, Renato Calderaro scoring 355.20 on 1-meter and Matthew Bray at 402.98 on 3-meter.
The freshman duo of Leah Shackley and Erika Pelaez continued to lead the NC State women. After doing the 100-stroke double on Day 1, Shackley added the 200 strokes. Her time of 1:50.81 won the 200 back, then she pulled out a great race with Georgia’s Ieva Maluka in the 200 fly, winning by four tenths in 1:55.75.
Shackley was not needed on the 400 medley relay, which Pelaez led off and the Wolfpack won in 3:32.40. Pelaez won the 200 IM in 1:57.01, Maluka missing out on the win by .12 seconds. Third in that race was Lisa Nystrand, who had won the 200 breast in 2:10.40. NC State also swept diving, with Elisabeth Rockefeller winning both.
Georgia got a 1-2 finish from Abby McCulloh and Rachel Stege in the 1,000 free. McCulloh’s time of 9:32.27 is 10th in program history, her second top-10 swim of the season in that event. Georgia won the last two relays, with Stege anchoring an 800 free squad that went 7:06.26. Fastest on that relay, in 1:45.49, was Sloane Reinstein, who helped the Bulldogs win the 400 free relay despite Pelaez’s split of 46.94 for NC State’s runner-up foursome.
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